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Re: LDAO Suggestion Mark 2
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lugnet.cad.dev
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Thu, 1 Jul 1999 18:54:06 GMT
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Steve Bliss wrote:
> In lugnet.cad.dev, Jeremy H. Sproat writes:
> > Steve Bliss wrote:
> > > 4. A command-line option. Not necessarily a good idea (how many people
> > > launch LDLite from the command line? I'd guess very few), but LDAO could
> > > pass stuff this way.
> > Both IMHO are necessary.
> One problem I have with the command-line option is that the command line is
> already long enough. But that doesn't mean that having the option is bad.
Something to consider here is future expansion into a UNIX-ish (or Java, or
Perl/TK, etc.) version of LDraw. The availability of setting startup
parameters on the command-line in these cases is essential.
> > I do all my non-LDAO (which is quite a bit)
> > LDraw/LDLite stuff from the command-line. VC++ doesn't make it *that* hard
> > to implement exotic command-line parameters, especially if one uses
> > getopt().
> I was worried about the user more than the developer.
Oh. :-,
I wonder if I'm a special case, being a user who prefers the command-line to
a GUI?
> So what should the precedence be for each of these settings? Assuming they are
> ever implemented, of course. I'd suggest the following, going from high to
> low:
> 1. Interactive selections (from Options menu)
> 2. Command-line options
> 3. 0 CMDLINE meta-statement
> 4. Ini-file setting
> 5. Environment variable
This list looks good to me.
Cheers,
- jsproat
--
Jeremy H. Sproat <jsproat@geocities.com>
http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Horizon/5249/
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